"9 Artists" is an international, multigenerational group exhibition
that considers the mutable and mutating role of the artist in
contemporary culture. Bringing together the expansive practices of
some of the most provocative and engaged artists working
today--Yael Bartana, Liam Gillick, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Renzo
Martens, Bjarne Melgaard, Nastio Mosquito, Hito Steyerl and Danh
Vo--the show examines ways that they negotiate the complicities and
contradictions of living in an ever more complex and networked
world. Rarely considered together, they each use their own
backgrounds or identities as material, frequently in antagonistic
or subversive ways. For this catalogue, each artist has contributed
a 16-page artist's book exploring some aspect of their practice,
often in collaboration with other artists, writers, or designers
including Karl Holmqvist, Phung Vo, Galit Eilat, Vic Pereiro, An
Art Service, Federica Bueti and T.J. Demos. Some contributions are
purely visual; others entirely textual, ranging from new essays to
ghostwritten letters, cease and desist orders, and cinematic
diaries. An accompanying compendium of works provides a visual
journey through past projects and ephemera, setting up an
associative conversation between the artists' works. Additionally,
exhibition curator Bartholomew Ryan's essay weaves together their
various approaches, placing them in the context of broader
contemporary art practice and the complex world we inhabit. As each
artist has developed strong networks of collaborators, the volume
is anticipated as a means to promote and create dialogue between
the participants and their respective communities.
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